[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6403. Mr. WELCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. CLASSIFIED BRIEFING AND REPORT ON 
                   COUNTERINTELLIGENCE THREATS POSED BY GOVERNMENT 
                   OF ISRAEL.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, 
     provide to all members of Congress and appropriately cleared 
     staff of members and committees of Congress a classified 
     briefing, and submit to Congress and such members and 
     committees a classified report, on counterintelligence 
     threats posed by the Government of Israel.
       (b) Elements.--The briefing and the report required by 
     subsection (a) shall address the scope, intensity, and trends 
     of espionage by the Government of Israel directed against--
       (1) United States companies doing business with the 
     Department of Defense and the intelligence community (as 
     defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
     U.S.C. 3003)), including attendant risks to sensitive defense 
     and intelligence-related intellectual property and 
     proprietary corporate information;
       (2) members and staff of Congress; and
       (3) officials and agencies of the United States Government, 
     including senior officials of the executive branch of the 
     Federal Government engaged in sensitive negotiations with 
     countries in the Middle East.
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